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Canada bans assault-style weapons after mass shooting
AP ^ | May 1, 2020 | ROB GILLIES

Posted on 05/01/2020 9:36:43 AM PDT by PROCON

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Canada is banning the use and trade of assault-style weapons immediately.

Trudeau cited numerous mass shootings in the country, including the killing of 22 people in Nova Scotia April 18 and 19. He announced the ban of over 1,500 models and variants of assault-style firearms, including the AR-15 and other weapons that have been used in a number of mass shootings in the United States

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ar15; assaultrifles; banglist; canada
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“You do not need an AR-15 to take down a deer,” Trudeau said. “So, effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade, assault weapons in this country.”

Let's see how much compliance Herr Trudeau gets.

1 posted on 05/01/2020 9:36:43 AM PDT by PROCON
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Are they gonna ban police costumes too?


2 posted on 05/01/2020 9:38:37 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: PROCON

That didn’t take long.
Expect mass shootings in Canada to go up.


3 posted on 05/01/2020 9:40:10 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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4 posted on 05/01/2020 9:40:17 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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No debate ,nothing Trudeau does it on his own but the Indians can keep their weapons, D’oh


5 posted on 05/01/2020 9:42:05 AM PDT by butlerweave
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The gun used in the shooting was illegally obtained and illegally owned.

But hey - I’m sure another law banning them will stop all murders and further ar-15 gun crime


6 posted on 05/01/2020 9:42:10 AM PDT by Skywise
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NZ and Soviet Britain-Canada, don’t need legislatures to write laws?


7 posted on 05/01/2020 9:44:29 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer)
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I read that the shooter had only a handgun until he murdered a cop and stole her service rifle.

Thank god this new law will prevent these kinds of tragedy in the future


8 posted on 05/01/2020 9:46:26 AM PDT by algore
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Trudeau, isn’t there a law banning murder???

Why doesn’t it work???


9 posted on 05/01/2020 9:46:34 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: PROCON

What about pointy sticks? can we still have pointy sticks?


10 posted on 05/01/2020 9:46:47 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PROCON

It’s definitional. Nothing more.


11 posted on 05/01/2020 9:50:17 AM PDT by Brilliant
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All your pointy sticks are belong to us!


12 posted on 05/01/2020 9:50:22 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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Must be comforting to know that nobody in Canada shall ever die tragically again. /s


13 posted on 05/01/2020 9:51:19 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: PROCON

I’ll get a beaver to chew a new one!


14 posted on 05/01/2020 9:51:30 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PROCON

I bet Trudeau Wet Himself when he signed that


15 posted on 05/01/2020 9:52:03 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Well sure. Criminals probably would use illegal weapons. But they wouldn’t dare have a weapon that was doubly illegal.


16 posted on 05/01/2020 9:52:17 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: PROCON

Does Canada’s Constitution give the Government the power to unilaterally do this?


17 posted on 05/01/2020 9:52:50 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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I knew law abiding Canadians would pay the price for the actions of one criminal.


18 posted on 05/01/2020 9:53:00 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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There is a reason they have a Loonie on their currency. :)


19 posted on 05/01/2020 9:53:42 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Why ban something that does not exist (according to Michael Moore)?


20 posted on 05/01/2020 9:54:43 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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